Tropical Storm Marco was the only tropical cyclone to make landfall in
the United States during the 1990 Atlantic hurricane season. The 13th
named storm of the season, Marco formed from a cold-core low pressure
area along the northern coast of Cuba on October 9, and tracked
northwestward through the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Its circulation
produced 65 mph (100 km/h) winds over the western portion of Florida
before weakening to a tropical depression and moving ashore near Cedar
Key. The cyclone combined with a cold front and the remnants of
Hurricane Klaus to produce heavy rainfall in Georgia and the Carolinas.
After interacting with the nearby Hurricane Lili, Marco continued
northward until being absorbed by a cold front. In Florida, the cyclone
triggered flooding of some roadways. Rainfall across its path peaked at
19.89 inches (505 mm) in Louisville, Georgia. The flooding caused
12 deaths, mostly due to drowning, as well as $57 million in damage.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_Storm_Marco_%281990%29>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1411:
The First Peace of Thorn was signed, ending the
Polish–Lithuanian–Teutonic War.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian%E2%80%93Teutonic_War>
1960:
Four African American students staged the first Greensboro sit-
ins at a lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greensboro_sit-ins>
1972:
Kuala Lumpur gained city status, the first settlement in
Malaysia to do so after the nation's independence from the United
Kingdom.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuala_Lumpur>
2009:
Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir became Iceland's first female Prime
Minister and the world's first openly gay head of government of the
modern era.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hanna_Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
inexorable:
1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
3. Adamant; severe.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/inexorable>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Liberty sets the mind free, fosters independence and unorthodox
thinking and ideas. But it does not offer instant prosperity or
happiness and wealth to everyone. This is something that politicians in
particular must keep in mind.
--Boris Yeltsin
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Boris_Yeltsin>